William Hanson, a partner at Sullivan & Worcester LLP, focuses on advising institutional investors on private equity matters, including secondaries, LP and co-investments, and fund formation. Hanson leads the firm’s secondaries group and also acts for financial institutions on financing transactions, with expertise in timberland and agricultural investments.
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Work Department
Corporate/Private Equity
Position
Will focuses his practice on representing institutional investors in private equity investments, with a concentration in secondaries, LP investments, equity co-investments and private investment fund formation. Will leads the firm’s secondaries group. He also regularly represents financial institutions in secured and unsecured financing transactions. Will has broad experience in advising investment managers in alternative asset classes, with a particular emphasis on timberland and agricultural investing.
Career
Bar & Court Admissions
- Massachusetts
Memberships
Boston Bar Association
Education
- Boston College Law School (J.D.)
- Dartmouth College (B.A.)
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